Elsie Etheart Explained

Elsie Etheart (born)[1] is a Haitian journalist known for founding the newspaper Haïti en Marche.

Etheart was born in Haiti in the early 1940s. She had initially planned to become a doctor but instead studied journalism in Germany.[2] [3] While there, she worked for Voice of Germany in Cologne.[4]

She then returned to Haiti, where the news environment was opening slightly after the death of dictator François Duvalier She spent ten years reporting for Radio Métropole in Port-au-Prince.[5]

In 1980, Etheart was detained and then expelled by the government of Jean-Claude Duvalier along with many of her journalist colleagues. She settled in Miami and continued her work as a journalist there. Beginning in 1982, she and her longtime collaborator Marcus Garcia broadcast the news show "Chita Tande" in Haitian Creole on WLRN-FM.[6] Also with Garcia, in 1986, she co-founded the newspaper Haïti en Marche, which became a trusted source for members of the Haitian diaspora. Etheart served as co-editor of the publication.[7] [8] Due to this work, she was described as one of the "most trusted Haitian journalists in the diaspora." In 1990, she was awarded a Maria Moors Cabot Prize.

In the late 1990s, Etheart was able to return to Haiti and work as a journalist in Port-au-Prince.[9] While there, she helped establish the station Radio Mélodie.[10] [11]

Until his death in 2024, she was married to the sociologist Emmanuel Bernard Etheart, with whom she had two children.

References

  1. Web site: Miller . Jill Young . 1990-08-12 . Radio Free Haiti . 2024-05-07 . Sun Sentinel . en-US.
  2. News: Winerip . Mike . 1982-06-28 . A radio reporter's Haitian hot line . The Miami Herald.
  3. News: 1986-04-13 . Marcus Garcia and Elsie Etheart: Chita Tande, Creole radio show . The Miami Herald.
  4. Web site: Ackerman . Elise . 1997-07-10 . Cause For Return . 2024-05-07 . Miami New Times . en.
  5. News: McCarthy . Kathy . 1985-03-07 . Lack of funding may force Haitian newscasts off radio . The Miami Herald.
  6. News: Mardy . Hans . 1999-07-08 . Creole radio grows in South Florida . The Miami Herald.
  7. News: 2024-01-02 . Guillermoprieto, Miami Editors Win Prizes . 2024-05-07 . The Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
  8. News: Colon . Yves . 1998-09-25 . U.S. and Haiti squabble over ownership of rocky outpost . The Miami Herald.
  9. Web site: 1999-09-18 . The Sound of Freedom . 2024-05-07 . Sun Sentinel . en-US.
  10. News: 2010-01-18 . Una voz solidaria en medio del desastre . El Mercurio . es.
  11. Web site: 2024-01-21 . Deuil : décès d’une figure emblématique du secteur agricole, l’Agronome et sociologue Bernard, ETHEART . 2024-05-07 . Promodev . fr-FR.